The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 11, 2023

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You’re listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.

There were developments the week of December 4th in the GOP fake Presidential elector plots in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona.  Investigations continue in New Mexico and Georgia, with one of the indicted lawyers in the Georgia case cooperating with prosecutors.

Trump election attorney Kenneth Chezbro pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents in October, and is reportedly meeting with prosecutors in Arizona December 11th.   The Arizona Mirror reports that alleged fake elector participants include the former chair of the Arizona GOP and two state senators. 

On December 6th, a Nevada grand jury announced felony indictments of six alleged fake electors, including the state GOP chair and vice chair, a national GOP committeeman, the chair of the Clark County Republicans, and two others.   

Also December 6th, ten alleged fake electors in Wisconsin agreed in a civil settlement to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.  Among the participants were the former chair of the state GOP, and a member of the state election commission. As part of the deal, a trove of documents was released, suggesting that participants knew what they were doing was wrong. 

Michigan indicted 16 alleged fake electors on document fraud charges in August. Charges for one conspirator were dropped after a cooperation agreement in October.   

We have details on all these state cases at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.  I’m Brian Beihl.

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
NPR – Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case
Nevada Independent – Nevada GOP ‘fake electors’ indicted for falsely claiming Trump won state’s 2020 election
Associated Press – Nevada grand jury indicts six Republicans who falsely certified that Trump won the state in 2020
Wisconsin Examiner – Wisconsin’s fake electors settle lawsuit, acknowledge Biden won in 2020
Scott Thompson – Fraudulent Electors (Fully Executed) Mutual Release & Settlement Agreement
Arizona Mirror – Key Trump attorney in fake elector plot to meet with AZ prosecutors: report

Forbes – All The States Investigating The 2020 Election: Wisconsin Latest To Reportedly Probe Fake Electors As Nevada Brings Charges
Guardian – Trump fake elector scheme: where do seven states’ investigations stand?
Associated Press – Michigan Republican charged in false elector plot agrees to cooperation deal
KRQE – NM Attorney General’s Office investigating fake elector scheme in 2020 election

Groups Taking Action:
Protect Democracy,  Common Cause WI, States United Democracy Center

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 3, 2023

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You’re listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.

Eclipsed by Tuesday’s news of former President Trump’s indictment for his involvement in the attempted overturning of the 2020 election was an arraignment of two of nine of his supporters who allegedly tampered with voting machines in Michigan.

The indicted are not ordinary suspects.  Attorney Matt DePerno ran for Michigan Attorney General in 2022, and Daire Rendon is a former state representative who stepped down at the end of 2022.  The Michigan Advance reports that DePerno was arraigned on four charges:  Unauthorized access to official computers, conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine, and undue possession of a voting machine.  Rendon was arraigned on conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine, and false pretenses.

The nine suspects were investigated for taking five Dominion ballot tabulators from five Michigan counties to a hotel room outside Detroit in an attempt to prove the President’s claims of voter fraud.  Other townships refused access.  Bridge Michigan reports that another suspect, attorney Stephanie Lambert, said in a podcast interview that she expects to be indicted shortly.  

Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement after the indictments: “Furthermore, every officeholder, including local clerks, sheriffs, and legislators, should be expected to uphold and abide by the law. Our democracy simply cannot survive further attacks from within these essential offices of local, county and state government.”

We have more on the Michigan indictments at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.   I’m Brian Beihl.

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Reuters – (2022)  Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies
Bridge Michigan – Judge paves way for charges in Michigan vote machine tampering probe
Michigan Advance – Republicans Matt DePerno and Daire Rendon charged in 2020 voting machine probe
Bridge Michigan – ‘I have been indicted,’ says suspect in Michigan vote machine tampering probe
PBS – Security footage shows Georgia county Republican chair, election official present during breach of voting equipment
MI Office of Attorney General – Attorney General Nessel Releases Statement on Tabulator Access Indictments

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